Bananatype

1997 EP by Eraserheads From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bananatype is the second extended play by the Philippine alternative rock band Eraserheads, released on June 15, 1997, through BMG Records (Pilipinas) Inc. It serves as promotional material for the band's fifth album Sticker Happy, which was released three months later.

ReleasedJune 15, 1997
Recorded
  • 1997
  • 1995 ("Police Woman")
Studio
  • Tracks, Pasig
  • JR, Makati ("Police Woman")
  • EJL, Quezon City ("Tikman")
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Bananatype
EP by
ReleasedJune 15, 1997
Recorded
  • 1997
  • 1995 ("Police Woman")
Studio
  • Tracks, Pasig
  • JR, Makati ("Police Woman")
  • EJL, Quezon City ("Tikman")
Genre
Length20:36
Label
Producer
Eraserheads chronology
Fruitcake
(1996)
Bananatype
(1997)
Sticker Happy
(1997)
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Composition

The promotional EP contains three new songs not included in Sticker Happy. Its lead single “Harana” is a psychedelic, “modernist take” on the titular Philippine serenade. The title track, written by Ely Buendia and his friend Romel “Sancho” Sanchez, has hip-hop and funk elements and segues into “I Can’t Remember You”, which was inspired by a nursery rhyme made up by Buendia's younger sisters Lally and Elyra.[1]

Bananatype also features two previously unreleased songs. “Police Woman” was originally written by drummer Raimund Marasigan for the 1995 film Run Barbi Run, along with the title track (which was used in the final film) and the still unreleased “Bootleg”. “Tikman” was written in 1994 as a commercial jingle for Burger Machine, with its lyrics containing sexual innuendo.[2]

Track listing

More information No., Title ...
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Harana"Ely Buendia6:05
2."Police Woman"5:06
3."Bananatype"
  • Buendia
  • Romel Sanchez
3:30
4."I Can't Remember You"Buendia3:04
5."Tikman"
  • Buendia
  • Marasigan
2:54
Total length:20:36
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Personnel

Adapted from the liner notes.[3]

References

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